Trends in our Toolbox: Custom Built-Ins
Joy Design + Build’s Design Concierge Team is here to help you every step of the way to outfit your dream home. Our expertise as makes it easy for you select all the details [...]
A Simple Process for Calculating the Cost of Your Custom Home
Are you thinking of building the custom home of your dreams in the DC area? Maybe you’ve been designing your dream kitchen in your head for years, but there’s one thing on your mind [...]
3 Expenses You Should Include in Your Custom Home Budget
When someone says “dream home” a custom home is typically what comes to mind. A home so perfectly suited to their personal style and uniqueness that it can only be conceptualized in a dream and [...]
How Much Does It Cost to Build a Custom Home?
The single most asked question, when prospective clients come to us, even before we’ve helped them pick the perfect lot, is how much is our dream home really going to cost? According to Kate Rumson, founder and creative [...]
Preparing Your Home for the Holidays
Stock the liquor cabinet. Check. Ready the guests rooms. Check. Decorate the mantle. Check. As we prepare to celebrate the season with family and friends, it’s easy to focus on the visible things, but let’s [...]
Surviving a Home Renovation
Thinking about a home renovation? First thing you’ll want to do is decide what you want to accomplish. Is it to increase the value of your property for resale, restore an historic property or [...]
A Testimonial From Steve Wydler
Principal brokers with Wydler Brothers Real Estate, Steve and Hans Wydler have spent decades working with buyers in the Washington, DC area. They noticed a high percentage of prospective home buyers start out thinking they may want to build a custom home but [...]
Home Remodeling I: Inside
You love your home but it’s in need of a makeover. You’re ready to move and want to increase your property value. You want to assure that your home continues to adapt to your [...]
Whole Home Remodel: Client Testimonial
When a McLean couple was interested in downsizing, they reached out to Jason Outten, their trusted agent from The Buyer’s Brokerage. After an unsuccessful search that included McLean and Arlington, Jason quickly found a [...]
Knock Knock
“Shut the front door” didn’t always mean that. Remember when it was a call to keeping the dog in and the elements out? Dutch. Double. Pivot. From solid and flush to glass-paneled and arched [...]
